http://www.thefabricator.com/Finishing/Finishing_TechCell.cfm The Finishing tech cell is packed with specific links to help you find product information, suppliers, technical articles, case studies, seminars and conferences, as well as books, software, and videos on metal fabricating-related topics. en-us http://www.thefabricator.com/RSS/images/thefabricator_rss.gif http://www.thefabricator.com Copyright 2008 FMA Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. official publication date Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:35:56 AM CST Vicki Bell Laurie Harshbarger http://www.thefabricator.com/Finishing/Finishing_News.cfm?NewsID=2001 Bayloff Stamped Products, a third-generation, family-owned automotive stamping company, has appointed Tom Carey as CEO and president. Carey implements initiatives designed to enhance customer service and position the company for continued growth. He spent more than 20 years in various engineering and purchasing management positions at General Motors, including the GM Hydramatic division. He also served as CEO for the Truesdell Co., where he more than doubled sales and expanded capacity, accor... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Finishing/Finishing_News.cfm?NewsID=1999 The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show at McCormick Place in Chicago hosted more exhibiting companies and covered more exhibit space than any previous FABTECH. Filling 461,627 sq. ft. of booth space, the show attracted nearly 31,000 visitors from more than 75 countries, a 27 percent increase over the 2005 show, also held in Chicago. The annual event showcases metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology. The show is cospons... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Finishing/Finishing_News.cfm?NewsID=1933 The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology, will return to McCormick Place in Chicago Nov. 11 to Nov. 14. Cosponsored by the American Welding Society (AWS), Miami; the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill.; and Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, Mich.; and supported by industry partner the Nati... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Finishing/Finishing_News.cfm?NewsID=1931 ATI Industrial Automation, Apex, N.C., a developer of robotic peripheral equipment, recently opened a new office in Orion Township, Mich., near Detroit. The office houses the company’s sales, customer service, and training departments and has extra space for inventory. The company says the new office allows current and potential customers to view product demonstrations and receive any needed professional training. Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Finishing/Finishing_News.cfm?NewsID=1869 BTD Manufacturing Inc., Detroit Lakes, Minn., has acquired Pro Engineering, Minneapolis. The transaction involved an exchange of cash for assets. An operating company of Otter Tail Corp., BTD offers design, engineering, prototyping, short-run applications, metal stamping, robotic and hand welding, spot welding, finishing machining, riveting, assembly, plating, heat treating, and special packaging. Pro Engineering provides metal stampings to Midwest customers.... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Finishing/Finishing_News.cfm?NewsID=1864 Wheelabrator, LaGrange, Ga., a provider of surface preparation and finishing products, has named Allen Austin as service manager for Wheelabrator Plus, the after-sales division of Wheelabrator Group. The division provides services, replacement parts, training, and equipment upgrades. Allen works with inside and outside sales and provides support for the Equipment Modernization Program (EMP). Previously he introduced and managed the company's Parallel Parts Program, which offers replacemen... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Finishing/Finishing_News.cfm?NewsID=1840 Main Steel Polishing Co. Inc., Tinton Falls, N.J., has announced the relocation of its Dallas plant to a newer, larger facility in Arlington, Tex. The 70,000-sq.-ft. building has three cranes—two 10-ton units and one 20-ton—and a Herr-Voss Stamco 1¾-in. leveler already installed. The building will have double the office space of the Dallas location, and shipping and receiving will be done via drive-through bays located inside the building. The compan... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Finishing/Finishing_News.cfm?NewsID=1836 The American Galvanizers Association (AGA), Centennial, Colo., has introduced a Web-based software program that automatically calculates the life-cycle cost of many common coating systems in comparison to the cost of hot-dip galvanizing. The calculator, based on standard financial equations of net future value (NFV) and net present value (NPV), delivers a detailed comparison of initial cost, total project cost, and average equivalent annual cost (AEAC) in a one-page printout. The calc... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Finishing/Finishing_News.cfm?NewsID=1833 Every sales and engineering staff member of Vulcanium® Corp., Northbrook, Ill., has passed the Certified Electroplater-Finisher (CEF) exam. Salesman Sam Stella is a CEF 3. Salesmen Terry Ciszewski and Steve Gerzel have qualified for CEF 2. Company members who have completed the CEF 1 designation include Director of Sales Rick Piacenza; Inside and Outside Sales Representatives Jim Sovik, Stella Reese, and John Delware; CAD Engineers Bill Hoffman, and Jeff Bowkley; and Production ... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/Finishing/Finishing_News.cfm?NewsID=1812 Management consultant, trainer, and author Michael P. Collins will address the decline of U.S. manufacturing when he presents the keynote address at the FIN-X '07 conference and expo for industrial finishers. The event is scheduled for Sept. 17 to 20 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Collins, author of the book Saving American Manufacturing, plans to speak about finding new customers and markets, new products and channels of distribution, work force training, and developin... Read more